Is a mugshot showing Judge Hannah Dugan crying while wearing an orange jumpsuit authentic? No, that's not true: The image of the judge who was arrested by the FBI for allegedly obstructing ICE agents appears to have been generated using AI tools. Two detection tools rated the chance of AI use at over 99%.
An example of the image appeared in a post on X (archived here) published on April 26, 2025 with a comment that read:
She found out 😭🤣
This is what the image looked like:
(Image source: downloaded from x.com)
The photo on the left is also used on Dugan's LinkedIn profile according to reporting about her arrest on Yahoo News (archived here).
Lead Stories cropped the picture on the right and analyzed it with AI detection tools.
AI detection tool Hive said it was 99.9% likely the image was generated using AI.
(Image: screenshot of Hive results)
AI detection tool Sightengine concluded that the image was "Likely AI-generated", giving it a score of 99%:
